Nadal has chalked his name on Clay Court history by winning French Open title. He has outplayed Federer on Sunday, beating him 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 to win a fourth consecutive title at Roland Garros.
During the trophy ceremony following the most lopsided men’s final at the French Open since 1977, and at any Grand Slam since 1984, Nadal felt compelled to say: “Roger, I’m sorry.”
“He dominated from the first point until the end,” said Federer, who hadn’t lost a 6-0 set since 1999, and hadn’t won fewer than five games in a match since 2002. “It’s the strongest Rafa that I’ve ever seen. He was more dominant than the previous years.”
Sunday’s victory also makes Nadal:
— 28-0 for his career at the French Open;
— 115-2 on clay since April 2005;
— 22-1 in clay-court finals.
“I am humble,” Nadal said, “but the numbers are the numbers.”
His match statistics against Federer were stunning, the sort that make you want to go back and reread them.
Nadal held break points in 10 of Federer’s 11 service games, converting eight times. He won the point 24 of the 42 times Federer went to the net. He won 16 of the 24 points that lasted 10 or more strokes, according to an unofficial tally compiled by The Associated Press.
Most tellingly, Federer finished with 35 unforced errors, Nadal with seven. Yes, seven.
WITH ONLY SEVEN UNFORCED ERRORS…. NO DOUBT THAT RAFAEL NADAL IS TRULLY ‘CLAY COURT’ KING…
Source: Yahoo News
I’ve got double joy today, one for the Germany Team in Euro 2008 and the other one is how BMW Sauber performs at the moment in Formula One Grand Prix.
This was after Robert Kubica has scored his and BMW Sauber’s first Formula One victory after an eventful afternoon at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Kubica led home team mate Nick Heidfeld to take the drivers’ championship lead, with David Coulthard third for Red Bull.The face of the race changed early on, in the pit lane, when polesitter Lewis Hamilton crashed into the back of Kimi Raikkonen, whose Ferrari was stationary at the pit exit awaiting a green light during a safety-car period. Source: Formula1.com
Setelah hampir satu minggu peraduan ini berlangsung, terdapat debat yang hebat tentang perkara ini mengenai status ‘kehalalan’ atau ‘keharamannya’. Terdapat banyak pendapat dalam perkara ini terutamanya daripada pihak penganjurnya dan juga beberapa tokoh-tokoh agama.
Sebagai manusia biasa, saya pada mulanya juga teruja dengan tawaran yang diperkenalkan oleh pihak CELCOM. Ya lah … siapa tak mahu kereta kan, Toyota Camry pulak tu….
Walaupun saya ni bukan seorang ustaz, bagi saya ini satu perkara yang jelas, Setiap peraduan yang menyebabkan banyak pihak yang rugi bagi menguntungan sebilangan pihak yang lain, ia mengandungi unsur perjudian. Selain daripada itu, semua peserta yang menghantar SMS terdedah kepada kerugian RM 50 (kerana mesti menjawab 10 soalan terlebih dahulu, sedangkan satu sms = RM 5) atau berpeluang mendapat untung sebuah kereta. Hanya seratus orang akan berjaya dari mungkin berjuta peserta. Syarikat pasti atau mungkin meraih untung yang lebih berbanding peserta.
Betullah, seperti kata pepatah melayu, “ Yang Bulat Tidak akan Datang Bergolek dan yang Pipih Tidak Akan Datang Melayang”. Jadi stop-lah berangan untuk dapat Toyota Camry tu secara mudah… Kerja mesti kuat dan mesti focus… jalan mesti ke depan dan bukan ke belakang (pinjam tag Iklan Hari Raya PETRONAS)…
Sila baca di sini ulasan daripada Ustaz Zahiruddin…
Nadal has chalked his name on Clay Court history by winning French Open title. He has outplayed Federer on Sunday, beating him 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 to win a fourth consecutive title at Roland Garros. 